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Patrick Henry Drewry

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1919–1949ID D000496
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 1,112 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 1,112 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1921 → 1923
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19191925193119371943
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.4%with Democrats
of 37 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −24 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 19, 1947H.Res. 412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1947S. 1774No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1947S. 1770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1770), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 26, 1947H.R. 4269No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1947H.R. 4347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1947H.R. 1602No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 22, 1947H.R. 1602No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1947H.R. 29No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1947noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 80th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

15 Congresses
66th · 191980th · 1947
Democrat · House · VA66th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Patrick Henry Drewry

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1919–194915 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.4%with Democrats
of 1,112 votes · 19.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 1,112 · combined
Steepest move−24 pts1921→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019191947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 37 votes78.4%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

66th · 191980th · 1947
Democrat66th–80th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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